Simple iBooks book index export script

ibooks-export.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import os
import plistlib
import sys
from datetime import datetime


def main(args):
    books_path = '~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books/Books.plist'
    plist = plistlib.readPlist(os.path.expanduser(books_path))

    for book in plist['Books']:
        title = book.get('itemName')
        author = book.get('artistName')
        if not author and not title:
            title, _ = book.get('BKDisplayName').split('.epub')

        try:
            mtime = os.path.getmtime(book.get('path'))
        except:
            epoche = 978307200  # 12:00am Jan 1, 2001 GMT
            mtime = epoche + book.get('BKInsertionDate')
        mtime = datetime.fromtimestamp(mtime)
        
        print(mtime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'), title, '-', author or '')
    

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        sys.exit(1)